WIDELY TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND NEODYMIUM FIBER LASER

Authors
OBER MH HOFER M HOFER R REIDER GA SUCHA GD FERMANN ME HARTER D MENDONCA CAC CHIU TH
Citation
Mh. Ober et al., WIDELY TUNABLE FEMTOSECOND NEODYMIUM FIBER LASER, Optics letters, 20(22), 1995, pp. 2303-2305
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
22
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2303 - 2305
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:22<2303:WTFNFL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Continuous tuning of a mode-locked Nd3+ fiber laser over 75 nm is repo rted. This wide tuning range, which extends over more than twice the F WHM gain bandwidth of Nd:glass, is achieved by optimization of the ref lection characteristics and the band-gap energy of the multiple-quantu m-well semiconductor saturable absorber. The pulse duration achieved i s 300-400 fs over the entire tuning range. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America